August Annual Perseid's Meteor shower occurs July 20th through August 24th, and it reaches its peak August 11th to the 13th! 50-100 meteors can be seen per hour it starts at 9pm but at midnight is the best time for viewing. The debris from the Comet Swift-Tuttle is what we're seeing. The meteors glow white, yellow, blues, greens, and the sky lights up when they exploded upon entering the atmosphere. Such a pretty show, watched it with my friends last year in my truck bed with an air mattress, pillows and blankets
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August's full moon will occur on Sunday, the 22, and is as its peak, at 8:02 AM ET, it will be big and beautiful in the sky Friday night! This moon is known as the Sturgeon Moon. The fishing tribes are responsible for this moon's name, since sturgeon fish were ready for catching around this time. Other tribes called it the Full Red Moon because, it looked red as it rose. Its other names are the Fruit Moon, Grain noon and Green Corn Moon.
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We can see some of the other planets in our solar are visible to us too.
Mercury: August 1 to October 8 (Best seen: evenings, August 31 to September 21)
Venus: March 26 to December 31 (Best seen May 24 to December 31; in the western sky at dusk)
Mars January 1 to October 7 (Best seen: evenings January 1 through August 22)
Jupiter August 20 to December 31 (Best seen: August 20 to December 31 evenings)
Uranus: April 30 to November 3 (Best viewed: May 16 to November 3 mornings)
Neptune: March 27 through September 13 mornings
More night sky info check out the farmer's almanac.
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